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More than 520 people were injured after M5.6 earthquake hit northwestern Iran at 00:21 UTC on October 5, 2022. The USGS is reporting a depth of 15 km (9 miles). EMSC is reporting M5.6 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), IRSC M5.4 at a depth of 10 km.
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 TD will fly past Earth at a distance of 0.96 LD / 0.0024 AU (372 498 km / 231 459 miles) at 03:53 UTC on October 6, 2022. This is the 84th known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year.
Home Reef volcano re-emerged above sea level on September 9, 2022, prompting authorities in Tonga to issue a Hazard Alert to all marines to sail at least 5 km (3.1 miles) away from the volcano. The volcano is located midway between Metis Shoal and Late Island in the central Tonga islands. It was first reported active in the mid-19th century when an ephemeral island formed.
A seismic swarm started in under the Laguna del Maule volcanic complex in Chile on October 1, 2022.
Ash emissions at Nishinoshima volcano, Japan increased on October 2 and 3, 2022, after more than 12 months of relative quiescence.
Indonesian PVMBG is reporting increased activity under the Sorikmarapi stratovolcano, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The last eruption at this volcano took place in 1986 (VEI 1).
A major solar flare, measuring X1.0 at its peak at 20:25 UTC, erupted on October 2, 2022, from Active Region 3110. The event started at 19:53 and ended at 20:34 UTC.
More than 2 600 sinkholes have been identified in Konya Plain, Anatolia, Turkey, as of September 27, 2022. At the end of 2021, there were over 2 500 sinkholes, of which around 700 were deeper and 1 800 less than 1 m (3.3 feet) in depth.
Orlene rapidly strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane over the past two days and is now weakening as it approaches southwestern Mexico. Weakening is expected to continue during the next day or so, however, Orlene is forecast to be a strong hurricane when it passes near or over the Islas Marias, and remain a hurricane when it reaches southwestern Mexico.
A strong solar flare, measuring M8.7 at its peak, erupted from Active Region 3110 at 02:21 UTC on October 2, 2022. The event started at 02:08 and ended at 02:21 UTC. The event comes several hours after impulsive M5.8 from the same region at 20:10 UTC on October 1.
